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FENCE.

.No. 283,182. Patented Aug. 14, 1883.

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PATENT OFFICE.

STEWARD \VILLIAMS, OF GRANVILLE, INDIANA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of'Letters Patent a... 283,182, dated August 14, 18

Application filed March 1, l83. (No modclJ,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, STEWARD WILLrAMs, a citizen of the, United States, residing at Granville, in the county of Delaware and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fences, of which the following is a specification.

.My invention relates to improvements in that class of fence which is made in a straight line and without posts. a

The objects of my improvements are to construct a cheap, 4 simple, and durable fence, which maybe made portable or stationary. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated by the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of my fence. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the same, partly in section; and Fig. 3 is a modification.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the severaluviews.

My fenceco ts of the longitudinal boards a, center brac end boards, I), brace d cf 9 i, and ironf 1 ts, k. The longitudinal boards o pro cct sllghtly beyond the end boards, I), and barbed wires are placed at the top and near lthe bottom, the said parts being more firmly held together by the center brace, a, allas shown in Fig. 1.

\Vhen two panelsof the fence are placed together, the ends. of the boards lap over each which is made forked or slotted at the top, and which is driven a short distance "into the ground,zal l as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Ahole is made through the overlapping ends of 1 the upper boards, a, and the endof the hook f passes through the said hole and through a washer, e, as shown in Figs; 1 and 2. Then, 0. by pressing down on thelower end of the brace d the hook f clamps the washer to the board, pressing the two boards firmly together, and the washere-prevents the point of the hook from cuttinginto the boards. .A V- 5 shapedhole, s, is dug at the bottom of the brace a jcl, sothat the rod '9 may be let down into the ground and be in a direct straight line with the said brace, as shown. One end of the rod in Figs. 1 and 2.

other, the lower ones resting in the post k,

9 passes through the lower end of the brace (Z, and it is more firmly secured by the staple a, which is driven into the said brace over the said rod g. A hole is formed in the lower end of the rod 9, through which the pin i is driven at an angle of about forty-five degrees, as shown The hole is filled up after the pin has been driven, so that the freezing of the ground cannot work the said pin or rod 9 loose.

j In Fig. 3 a modification of the. rodgis shown, I

wherein the pin '13 is dispensedwith byfiattening or forming a head on the end of the said rod,instead of making a hole init, as heretofore described. The hole sis also dispensed with as the rod is setout, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3, and then driven into the ground in the direction indicated by the arrow andby the dotted lines in said figure, leaving it ina direct straight line with the brace (I, so that it must be drawn out ataright angle from the direction it was driven before the fence can move or incline "laterally. After the rod 9 has been driven the, staple t" is driven over the rod, holding it firmly, as hereinbefore de scribed and shown in Fig. 3.

The braces d mayall be placed on one side of the fence or as shown in Fig.1.. The wires 0 are used in any number, 'as desired, or the fence maybe made entirely of boards.

Having thus described my inventioml claii the following and desire to secure the same by Letters Patent:

The combination, with two fencepanels whose boards overlap at their-ends, of ahook passing through said overlapped ends and held by a washer, foot-posts 7c, and a diagonal 8 5 brace secured at its upper end by the down wardly-turned end of said hook, and provided i at its lower end with a perforated rod, g, the latter being designed to be inserted into a hole in the ground and held at its lower end by a 9 pin, which latter iscoveredby earth, substantially as set forth.

STEVVAR-D XVILLIAMS.

YVitnesses: A

. A. G. Aoiuuson,

M. L. WRIGHT. 

